I’ve never heard anyone say he was being to vague except for you, can you link some examples of people saying that?

Sure, how do you attach screenshots? The image button? Let me get some.

If it’s taken eight hours to compile the screenshots, there must be a great many, I can’t wait to see these!

Yeah, I've never even heard anyone talk about that scene.

English Lady, I think a lot of the arguments you've been hearing aren't common, at least here.

^She was blocked for a day

I doubt people like other people reading their minds. Considering how distrustful Anakin already was towards the Jedi at this time, I honestly don't think it would have improved the situation if Yoda had just looked into his mind without his permission. As you said, Yoda would have probably been able to do that but he sticked to slightly poking at Anakin's turmoil (which was probably not very difficult seeing that the Jedi are all connected to eath other through the Force, so, they'd probably be able to feel each others' emotions on the surface quite easily), hoping that the young Jedi would open up on his own. After all, you can't - or rather, shouldn't - force others. Not if you can avoid it.

So, I personally don't think it's a plot hole or something like that

@SagaSeeker The problem is that in universe, Force users kind of do that all the time. I mean what are mind tricks except a form of nonconsensual mind control/hypnosis.

Yeah, I was blocked for a time, and have been having some trouble. I've attached screenshots but had them not show up in comments. I may have to edit the post to show them.

@English-Lady21 That's true. We see especially Jedi use mindtricks many times on screen; Obi-Wan uses it for example in ATOC when talking to a drug dealer or in ANH when he tries to deflect the stormtroopers' attention from him, Luke, and the droids (note: I'm not using these examples because I favor Obi-Wan, but only because they are the first ones that came to my mind).

However, I think Jedi would use this power depending on how beneficial and/or harmless they deem the consequences of using it. That can be seen in my first example: although Elan Sleazebaggano was influenced without his knowledge, convincing him to stay away from drugs for a while doesn't seem particularly harmful for him to me, it may be even beneficial for him in the long run. As well as in my second example: Obi-Wan using mindtricks on the stormtroopers was 1) a form of self-protection in order to avoid being arrested and/or having to fight these troopers and 2) this trick didn't seem to cause any harm to the stormtroopers either.

In this particular case, however, there are two differences: 1) Anakin isn't only force sensitive himself, he's also well trained in the Force. It would probably be a lot harder to influence his mind without him noticing and defending himself from this intrusion. 2) As said in my previous comment, trying to grab information from his mind against his will would probably just confirm his idea (which would be further supported by Palpatine) that the Jedi are just using him. So, all in all, this way of getting information would probably cause more damage than good which might explain why Yoda refrained from doing it.

There are indeed also some shadier examples of Jedi using mindtricks, but I think those circumstances I've mentioned seem like a general rule of when they use them

@SagaSeeker

As a counterpoint, I raise you the scene in The Phantom Menace where the Jedi Council read little Ani's mind without his consent, and he clearly does not know what is going on. I mean he doesn't even know about the Force then. Even as an adult, he doesn't seem especially good at shielding his thoughts and doesn't notice when someone like Palpatine is using the Force on him.

He had to ask Qui Gon what Midichlorians were. Its a shame the movies don't go into more background about what humans on Tatooine actually believe, since he might have been raised in a totally different religion, with different traditions.

We don't know that the ST were unharmed. as we don;t know what the consequences of any kind of mind control are, and I am not a neuroscientist. Some who are more familar with neurology have suggested it can have long term detrimental consequences.

@English-Lady21 Your argument about Anakin not seeming very good at shielding his thoughts and emotions in general is a good point. However, regarding your example about Anakin and the Council in TPM, Anakin had zero training in shielding his thoughts at that time. As you said, he doesn't even know a lot about the Force at that point, so how would he consciously use his strength in the Force to his advantage? Of course he wouldn't be able to prevent several Jedi masters from entering his mind. At the time ROTS takes place, he's thirteen years older and has a lot more experience. Additionally, his distrust against the Jedi Council was at its peak; he was probably even more on guard than before. So, although I do agree that he was constantly shown to struggle with controlling and shielding his emotions, I wouldn't think it completely impossible that he'd notice if Yoda was taking a look at this thoughts. Yoda wanted to help him, after all, not give him (another) reason to distrust him. So, it still makes sense to me that he wouldn't do that.

I never really gave much thought about the people on Tatooine following a specific religion but you are right, that could have been interesting. Lucas might have wanted to focus on the Force and the Jedi Order, so they didn't explore other beliefs. But maybe the Tatooinian culture is explored in some novels...?

I don't know anything about neurology, so, could you explain what you mean when referring to "the ST"? The only "word" with this abbreviation I can think of in SW-context is the "Sequel Trilogy", lol.

To be honest, I wouldn't go as far as trying to think of possible neurological consequences for using this power on others. I don't think that was ever shown to be a huge issue in most cases it was used on characters in the movies or the shows. Trying to figure out what a supernatural power could do to our brains on a more serious basis also seems a bit impractical to me